Return-chute recovery tray



C. A. WENDT.

RETURN CHUTE RECOVERY TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1921.

1 ,593, Patented F61). 14, 1922.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. 'W'END'I, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RETURN-CHUTE RECOVERY TRAY.

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Application filed April 15, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. l VENDT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of WVisconsin, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Return-Chute Recovery Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to pocket billiard tables, and more particularly to means for receiving the balls delivered from the pockets.

The invention comprises the customary inclined chutes communicating with the pockets and terminating at a point ad acent one of thepartitions of the table.

The general object of the invention is to provide means connected with the chute for removably supporting a tray or receptacle in which the balls are received as they roll from the pockets, and which may be e easily removed for the purpose of emptying the balls on to the table to be set for the next game.

l'Vith the above objects in view, the invention comprises certain structural details which will be herein described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview through one end of the table with my invention applied thereto, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the end of a table, and

2 and 3 indicate chutes which lead from Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Feb. .14, 1922. Serial No. QSLGYO.

the pockets to a common discharge mouth 4, which communicates with an opening 5 in the end of the table. A cushion 6 of rubber or the like is provided at the mouth of the chute, where the inclined portions of the chute merge into the horizontal portion. A bracket 7 is secured to the lower side of the end 1 by means of screws 8 or the like. This bracket is formed with a central opening 9 with downwardly converging sides which are preferably provided with a metallic lining 10 in order to reinforce the same.

It will be readily understood that a tray or receptacle of the proper shape to fit within the opening 9 may be used for receiving the balls, as they are delivered from the brackets, and when the game has been completed the tray may be readily removed to discharge the balls on to the table.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with a pocket billiard table, a plurality of chutes leading from the pockets thereof and having a common discharge mouth, a pocket projecting from one end of the table, and a cushion on the bracket extending across the discharge mouth against which the balls strike as they roll down the chutes and a socket in said bracket for removably receiving a tray.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

CHARLES A. VVENDT. 

